It also claimed that these bank accounts have interacted with the bank accounts of the companies namely Hayat Khan Pvt. Ltd., Agro Tractors Pvt. Ltd., and Bahera Pvt. Ltd. All these companies, according to the challan, are owned/controlled [directly/indirectly] by Moonis Elahi.
“The same benamidars were used to acquire, layer and disguise the trail of shares of RYK Sugar Mills Ltd.,” the FIA alleged in the challan.
Records of six bank accounts opened in the name of Muhammad Nawaz Bhatti, a government official working as a Naib Qasid, and Mazhar Abbas, a grade-17 officer of the land records department, were also acquired by the FIA. Names of nine alleged benamidars of Moonis were also included in the record.
Total turnover of transactions in the accounts of Nawaz, who is the close relative of Punjab CM’s Muhammad Khan Bhatti, is around Rs24 billion.
The FIA also found record of transactions worth tens of millions in the account of Qisar Iqbal Bhatti, a peon in Punjab Assembly.
The records show that Nawaz and Mazhar acted as Moonis’ facilitator. They were the owners of 66% shares of RYK/ Alliance Sugar Mills Group. They, however, claimed that they were not aware of their shareholding.
The FIA claimed that their statements prove that Moonis used their name.
The court has summoned all the four accused including Moonis Elahi on October 11.
